From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 10 06:05:26 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C291C16A4CE for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 06:05:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from apotheosis.cs.uct.ac.za (apotheosis.cs.uct.ac.za [137.158.128.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7062543D2D for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 06:05:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwest@uct.ac.za) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 16:06:20 +0200 From: Matthew West To: Francisco Reyes Message-ID: <20031210140620.GA47491@apotheosis.org.za> References: <20031209192736.Y81162@zoraida.natserv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031209192736.Y81162@zoraida.natserv.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware vendor for Mini-ITX? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 14:05:26 -0000 On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 07:32:52PM -0500, Francisco Reyes wrote: > This is going go be a firewall for a small office. The client wants > a small machine. I showed him a mini-tower from tiger-direct.com > (which I hate, but the machine was semi small and dirt chip) and the > client said no. He said he wants something on the 10" by 15" or > less ballpark. Have you taken a look at the single-board computers from Soekris Engineering? http://www.soekris.com/ Those should be small enough for your client. :-) I have deployed the NET4801 and NET4521 models as a firewall and firewall/wireless AP respectively, and they work perfectly. I'm running m0n0wall on them, which is a stripped down version of FreeBSD 4.9: http://m0n0.ch/ No moving parts, no noise, low power draw. Very happy with them! -- mwest@uct.ac.za